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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      October 2009
      May 2000
      ISBN:
      9780511527432
      9780521630061
      9780521037464
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511527432
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.655kg, 370 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.575kg, 372 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Law: General Interest, Law, Legal Philosophy, Philosophy
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
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    Subjects:
    Law: General Interest, Law, Legal Philosophy, Philosophy
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
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    Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841–1935) is, arguably, the most important American jurist of the twentieth century, and his essay The Path of the Law, first published in 1898, is the seminal work in American legal theory. In it, Holmes detailed his radical break with legal formalism and created the foundation for the leading contemporary schools of American legal thought. He was the dominant source of inspiration for the school of legal realism, and his insistence on a practical approach to law and legal analysis laid the basis for the realists' later concentration upon the pragmatic and empirical aspects of law and legal procedures. This volume brings together some of the most distinguished legal scholars from the United States and Canada to examine competing understandings of The Path of the Law and its implications for contemporary American jurisprudence. For the reader's convenience, the essay is republished in an Appendix.

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